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Appendix 1a:
An annotated checklist of the Flora of Ngezi Forest, Reserve, NE, Pemba
The present account is an up-dated checklist of plant and mushroom species known to occur
in Ngezi Forest Reserve including areas recently annexed to the reserve. The study
incorporates species list reported by Beentje 1990 and Ruffo 1991. The species richness of
the flora may increase if more intensive study is carried out. This is because some habitats
were not reached at all and others were inadequately sampled. The check list is arranged
alphabetically including families, genera and species. The fungi come first in the
arrangement, ferns and dicots follow and monocots come last.
The additional information of the fungal flora (Harkonen et al. 2003) has always been
neglected in the previous floristic studies. Some 13 fungal species have been recorded. Some
of the specimens have only been named to generic level. This is because it was dry season
during this study and the specimens were dry. For specific identifications it is necessary to
have fresh materials.
Vernacular names of plants are provided for those species known by the indigeneous people.
Such vernacular names are available for those plants which are economically, socially or
culturally useful such as timber trees, building material species and which provide medicines,
fruits, vegetables or very common species in the forest.
This checklist may prove useful for monitoring purposes, and may also be particularly useful
source of information for future scientific researchers, for foresters and their auxiliary staff
attached to Ngezi Forest Reserve. The list provides additional and new information for the
flora of Tropical East Africa. For instance, Voacanga africana, Uvaria acuminata, Uvaria
lucida, Sphaerocoryne gracile and many others, were not known to occur in Ngezi Forest
Reserve in the Flora of tropical East Africa. (Polhill & Beentje 1970 – present). One specie
was not known at all. Unkown sp. by Beentje is actually Blighia unijugata. Four species are
known to generic level only. These are Uvaria sp., Tarenna sp., and Cyphostemma sp.
List of vascular plants and mushroom species
BN - Collection by Beentje
RMH - Collection by Rodgers, Mwasumbi and Hall. Records seen by Rodgers, Hall,
Mwasumbi, Swai and Vollesen have been incorporated in this list; where I have not
been able to confirm their sightings, I have indicated such.
SR - Denotes sight record by both Rodgers et al., and Beentje; otherwise there is a qualifier.
fi - Denotes field identification (this differs from sight record: in FI one actually gets a piece
of the plant and uses keys to identify it)
M - Mwasumbi
sr – site records
Plants are arranged by family; the families are listed alphabetically, within the super
groupings Mushrooms/Pteridophytes/Dicotyledons/Monocotyledons.
Mushrooms
Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze
Previously known to cause white-rot in mountain forests and miombo. Common saprophyte,
said to be rare in Tanzania
Phellinus sp.
Hard white fruit body (young)
Ganoderma sp.1
Stipulate fruit bodies, dark brown (rusty) inside with an encored white margin, and upper
surface dark brown with concentric rings.
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